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Jedediah Smith was leading a party when a grizzly bear attacked. Ten days after the attack, he set out again, but this time Jedediah was looking for a pass through the Rocky Mountains.
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1825-1840. William Henry Ashley created a trading arrangement called the rendezvous system. At a prearranged site, trappers and traders would meet from the East.
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Between 1821-1825, Austin attracted about 300 families to his new settlement. These original Texas settlers families known as the "Old Three Hundred."
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Slave owners became angry when Mexico outlawed slavery in 1829. They wanted to maintain slavery so they could grow cotton, like they used too.
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Most pioneers went west in search of wealth, but one large group migrated for religious reasons. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or Mormons, also moved west.
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Bye 1830, the population had swelled to about 25,000. With Americans outnumbering the Tejanos six to one.
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Mary visited her cousin in Texas, she decied not to settle tehre, but published a widely read guide to the territory. Holley's guide was credited with bringing many settlers to Texas territory.
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Austin went to Mexico City to present a list of requested reforms to Mexican officials. The most urgent request was that Texas become a self-governing state within Mexico.
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Mexican president, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, agreed to most of the reforms. But Santa Anna then learned of a letter Austin had written.
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Santa Anna's troops surrounded San Antonio. Alamo defenders held off the Mexican attack for 12 harsh and crual days. On the thirteenth day, Santa Anna ordered over 1,800 men to storm the fortress.
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Texans met at a settlement called Washington-on-the-Brazos to decide what to do about Santa Anna's troops. They decided to declare Texas a free and independent republic.
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Hundreds of settler began migrating west on the Oregon Trail. The Oregon Trial ran from Independence, Missouri, to the Oregon Territor.
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Nearly 1,00 people traveled from Missouri to Oregon. The next year, twice as many people came and became known as the "Oregon Fever"
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An anti-Mormon mob in Illionois killed Joseph Smith, the Mormon leader. His death meant that the next Mormon leader would take his place.
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Brigham Young is the next Mormon leader, so because Joseph died, he is now the new leader. Young was moved his people out of the U.S. and into Mexico.
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About 148 Mormon pioneers followed part of the Oregon Trail to Utah. With about 1,700 who soon joined them, they built a new settlement by the Great Salt Lake called Salt Lake City.
